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Upon Arrival: Community-based organizations provide essential support to migrant families in Mass.
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Missouri OB-GYN talks public health in a ban state and drawing on identity to inform patient care
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Texas’ abortion ban has left doctors with their hands tied. New Mexico’s governor is inviting them to her state
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In historic move, EPA bans pesticide; cites alarming setbacks for fetuses
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After social media outcry, CDC tells doctors to better manage IUD pain
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‘I feel dismissed’: People experiencing colorism say health system fails them
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Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
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To prevent supercharged flu virus, CDC pushes seasonal flu vaccines to farmworkers at risk of coinfection with bird flu
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Climate anomalies may play a major role in driving cholera pandemics
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Medicine garden at Washington Corrections Center brings healing and connection for Indigenous inmates
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Class-Action Suit over Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Goes Before Supreme Court
By Patricia Kime Published April 24, 2025 at 12:59pm ET The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case Monday from medically retired service members who say the Defense Department’s misinterpretation of a…
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Fact Sheet: Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court Case About Banning LGBTQ-inclusive Books
By GLAAD April 10, 2025 The Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Mahmoud v. Taylor is about a small number…
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The Supreme Court’s “Don’t Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schools
Many of the justices seemed eager to impose impossible burdens on schools. by Ian Millhiser Apr 22, 2025, 1:50 PM CDT Three years ago, Montgomery County, Maryland, approved several books with LGBTQ…
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White House orders NIH to research trans ‘regret’ and ‘detransition’
April 11, 2025 4:20 AM ET Rob Stein The Trump administration has ordered the National Institutes of Health to study the physical and mental health effects of undergoing gender transition,…
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Same-sex marriage is under attack by state lawmakers, emboldened by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures and the Supreme Court’s willingness to overturn precedent
Published: April 14, 2025 8:42am EDT Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst Disclosure statement Paul M. Collins Jr. does not work for, consult,…
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Lawyers warn clients of increased arrest risk at immigration check-ins
April 24, 2025 9:06 AM ET Jasmine Garsd When Jessica Rodriguez Aguilar and her husband Josue Aguilar showed up at a routine appointment with U.S. immigration services in Miami earlier…
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US judge blocks Trump from withholding funds from 16 ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties
By Nate Raymond April 24, 2025 3:02 PM CDT Summary April 24 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump‘s administration from withholding federal funding from more than a dozen…
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truce
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Updated 3:06 PM CDT, April 23, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, as…
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Ukraine ready to hold talks with Russia once ceasefire in place, Zelenskiy says
By Reuters April 22, 2025 3:41 PM KYIV, April 22 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format…
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Tennessee pauses bill targeting right to education regardless of immigration status
The direction announced by House Majority Leader William Lamberth, the bill sponsor, diminishes the chances for it to pass this year. April 22, 2025, 9:41 AM CDT / Source: The Associated Press NASHVILLE,…
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